Re: Scribe printer questions

[rb <rbooker@darkwing.uoregon.edu>]

On 3 Jun 1996 scraft@bigpapa.nothinbut.net wrote:

> In article <4os8oi$q9k@news.mulberry.com>, Douglas E. Mitton wrote:
> >
> >It doesn't use odd paper, standard fan-fold bond from the discount
> >store is great ... BUT ... the ribbon is very special ... one time use
> >thermal transfer.  They are still made BUT are special order and not
> >by Apple any more.
> >
> >Good luck ... the ribbons are the only problem!  
> >
> 
> One nice thing about the Scribe is that the color looks GREAT,
> even better than the older ink jets.  This is because the Scribe
> "ink" isn't "ink", it's hot wax, so it leaves a shiny coating on
> the paper.  The problem is the last time I bought a color ribbon 
> (6 years ago) they were $12, so you can imagine what they cost now....
> And worse, the ribbon has a beginning and an end, so if you print
>  alot of blue, you just wasted away the yellow and red....
> 
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so, where can these ribbons (black) be ordered?
--robb